My soul for Your Kiss- Epilogue

By Kenne Morrison

Disclaimer:The following story contains characters that belong solely to Marvel Comics.The events that occur herein, however, are completely made up by the author and do not reflect in any way things that have occurred in the actual comics.This story is for entertainment purposes only, NOT FOR PROFIT.

"Remy, your daughter wants you to come and say goodnight" Ororo reaches out and places her hand on his shoulder as he looks out over the grounds of Xavier's estate. Storm has noticed that often in the past five years Gambit will spend most of his evenings on the third floor balcony. She has often wondered if he comes here to think and try to make out what he could have done differently that would erase all the pain that everyone has been through. "Remy, don't continue to blame yourself for Rogue. I'm sure she would not want you to. She definitely would not want you to continue to harbor guilt. You must accept that what is done is done."

"Ah, but Stormy, why must I always hurt de ones that mean the most to me, eh?" Gambit sighs. Storm looks over at Gambit and her heart breaks for the pain that to this day marks what could have been a happy life. "Why did she have ta suffer for my mistakes? I loved her den and I love her still. It someding I realize I will never be able to atone for, no?"

"Remy, what's done is done. Stop living with what should have or could have been. Live in the present. Your daughter is going to bed and she asks that her daddy come and tuck her in. I'll go and tell Aura that you will be in soon." Then Storm walks back inside as Gambit continues to brood overlooking the vast grounds of the mansion.

Several minutes pass when he feels the gentle breeze of a body pass close by him. A soft gentle female hand reaches up and touches his bear cheek. The touch is so soft and light that Gambit thinks for a second that it is the touch of a ghost. Instinctively he shudders as the bare hand touches his cheek. "Rogue, shouldn't you be inside getting some sleep, chere?"

"Ah can't sleep knowing you're out heah brooding again" Comes Rogue's voice. Five years ago, she would have jumped for joy at the ability to touch her lover's cheek, but now she only remembers that to do that came at a cost that no one could ever imagine. Her mutant powers, the thing that was a curse, are gone.

She no longer experiences fear when she bumps into another person, but she also no longer experiences the joy of flying high and fast. She no longer has the ability to lift incredible amounts of weight. She is now vulnerable to even the tiniest of pinpricks. All the powers given to her in her encounter with Ms. Marvel have faded along with her mutant abilities even though she kept them for a time.

After Gambit and Beast rescued them from their still unknown captor, Rogue was in a coma for weeks while Beast and the Professor feared for her life. Gambit had discussed his relationship with Storm and together he and storm had concluded that it was the emotion of the day and the fact Storm was with child that caused Storm to act so irrationally. Gambit reassured Storm that he would always be there for her and her child, but that to return any more love than that would be going against his very own heart.

Gambit then returned to Rogue's side and continued to keep a daily vigil beside her bed to the point that Professor X replaced him on the team with Wolfsbane. Iceman had gotten some senses knocked back into him during his fight with Gambit. After hearing the whole story of what happened, he managed to retrieve his letter to Rogue and vowed that he would keep his feelings to himself.

Rogue spent six weeks in a coma, but she eventually came out of it, and was thrilled to see that Gambit was waiting for her. Gambit stayed by her side when Beast gave her the news that her mutant abilities were gone, and the powers she gained from Ms. Marvel would disappear in time as well. He explained as best as they could understand that somehow the mysterious kidnapper had stolen her power away using a device similar to the neutralizer that Forge had developed, but his greatest efforts had failed in the past five years to come up with a way to trigger her abilities.

Gambit and Rogue spent six months away from the xmen helping her adjust to her loss and discussing their future together. Rogue shared with Gambit every secret she had including her real name. So that when they were married the next year they could be united as Remy Lebeau and Hannah Darkholme Lebeau.

A year after that Ororo met a local police officer, Douglas Blakely and they were married. However, Ororo, Gambit, and Hannah had decided months before Aura was born that all three of them would participate in her life. That Aura would be blessed with having three parents. Occasionally all parties involved have moments of pain for the events that took place, but it seems that Gambit is the one who will wrestle with his conscience for the rest of his life.

"Sugah, for the four hundredth time, what is done is done. You cain't change the past and ah wouldn't ask you to. Ah cain't guarantee you that we will all live happily ever after, but we must let go of the past and live for the future. You haveta live for me, 'ro, and Aura. Think of the women in your life and let what happened go. We have." Having said that Rogue, or Hannah as she is more often called now, reaches up and grabs onto Gambit and they embrace in the kind of embrace that two souls become one.

At that moment both Gambit and Rogue realize that they both gave up their souls, to each other, for one kiss.


The End

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